Members petejt Posted August 14, 2007 Members Share Posted August 14, 2007 Hi, does anyone know what guitars, amps, settings & effects Hank Schermann used in the early Mercyful Fate albums? In particular, in the song Desecration of Souls?? I already have a hunch that he used old vintage Marshall amp that were possibly modified, and also boosted with an overdrive pedal. His tone is quite bright, lots of trebles and mids. In fact the midrange seems quite spiky, it's a very SQUAWKY tone, right in that 850Hz zone. I think too that he uses a chorus effect in the signal path, which was common in a lot of Mercyful Fate songs as well as King Diamond's solo stuff even when he wasn't in the band, but used somewhat more subtley (eg. Michael Denner on Halloween, Andy LaRocque on A Mansion in Darkness & Black Horsemen). Does anyone know WHERE Hank used his chorus pedal? In front of his amp? Or in the effects loop? And what pedal was it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members petejt Posted August 14, 2007 Author Members Share Posted August 14, 2007 anyone know? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members petejt Posted August 14, 2007 Author Members Share Posted August 14, 2007 isn't anyone familiar with Mercyful Fate? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jonny toetags Posted August 14, 2007 Members Share Posted August 14, 2007 I'll bump it seeing as i love MF/KD. I can only help with Andy's current rig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members The Hiryuu Posted August 14, 2007 Members Share Posted August 14, 2007 Bump again, because KD and MF destroy all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JerEvil Posted August 14, 2007 Members Share Posted August 14, 2007 I'll bump it seeing as i love MF/KD. I can only help with Andy's current rig So what's Andy's current rig then??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jonny toetags Posted August 14, 2007 Members Share Posted August 14, 2007 So what's Andy's current rig then??? Caparison Horus' + Krank Revolution 1. Possibly an OD in there somewhere. I can't wait to see them live...even if it is only next April. I already have my tickets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ultron Posted August 14, 2007 Members Share Posted August 14, 2007 Bump again, because KD and MF destroy all. ..then he burrrrnnnned his beloved wife, and the embryo he gave a name, Abigail you must rest in shame......REST IN SHAME!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members STEEL KAGE Posted August 14, 2007 Members Share Posted August 14, 2007 Vintage Marshalls, Strats, V's, and a variety of pedals... go to his website and they show some pics of his gear... MF was awesome!!! Kage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jonny toetags Posted August 14, 2007 Members Share Posted August 14, 2007 Vintage Marshalls, Strats, V's, and a variety of pedals... go to his website and they show some pics of his gear... MF was awesome!!! Kage Kage is right http://www.hankshermann.com/pages/gear.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Flametal Posted August 14, 2007 Members Share Posted August 14, 2007 I think most of it is the strat and vintage Marshall. Merciful Fate rule!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ultron Posted August 14, 2007 Members Share Posted August 14, 2007 I have to spin up "A Dangerous Meeting" with all this MF talk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jonny toetags Posted August 14, 2007 Members Share Posted August 14, 2007 I have to spin up "A Dangerous Meeting" with all this MF talk. The new KD hasn't left the CD player since it came out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members FretboardStud Posted August 14, 2007 Members Share Posted August 14, 2007 Damn..the good old days.."THERE'S NO PRESENTS NOT THIS X-MAS..." Mercyful Fate is cool and Breaking The Oath is a must have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JerEvil Posted August 14, 2007 Members Share Posted August 14, 2007 ..then he burrrrnnnned his beloved wife, and the embryo he gave a name, Abigail you must rest in shame......REST IN SHAME!!!! It always makes me giggle a little bit when he says embryo (pronounced emb-rye-o) rye like the bread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bunghole Posted August 14, 2007 Members Share Posted August 14, 2007 It always makes me giggle a little bit when he says embryo (pronounced emb-rye-o) rye like the bread. the sar-ku-phage-us, of a chiild! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JerEvil Posted August 14, 2007 Members Share Posted August 14, 2007 the sar-ku-phage-us, of a chiild! Yeah, that's {censored}ing funny too!!! LOL. Had to consult the lyrics to figure out what the hell he said, and even THEN I didn't believe it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ultron Posted August 14, 2007 Members Share Posted August 14, 2007 Damn..the good old days.."THERE'S NO PRESENTS NOT THIS X-MAS..." Mercyful Fate is cool and Don't Break The Oath is a must have. fixed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members wooten Posted August 14, 2007 Members Share Posted August 14, 2007 The new KD hasn't left the CD player since it came out That's a great cd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members petejt Posted August 15, 2007 Author Members Share Posted August 15, 2007 I have to spin up "A Dangerous Meeting" with all this MF talk. I {censored}en love that song! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members petejt Posted August 15, 2007 Author Members Share Posted August 15, 2007 Kage is right http://www.hankshermann.com/pages/gear.html {censored} that's awesome!! :cool: thanks for providing the website link! I like how he has everything labelled. But there's no chorus pedal!? There is a flanger which can be used for chorus-like effects, in a way. But yet he might not have used a chorus at all in 1993, as that pic is for his 1993 rig, not 1983-1984 rig (although he used the same guitar), where possibly did use a chorus pedal (I'm sure he did ). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members petejt Posted January 18, 2008 Author Members Share Posted January 18, 2008 So, did he use the flanger pedal for chorus effects back in 1983 & 1984? Or actually did have a dedicated chorus pedal but doesn't have it in that particular photo? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members petejt Posted January 30, 2008 Author Members Share Posted January 30, 2008 did he? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sangre azul Posted September 1, 2012 Members Share Posted September 1, 2012 Reanimating this thread I talked to Michael Denner two days ago and he told me he and Hank used a parametric EQ in front of modded Marshall plexi amps. He said they would boost the mids on the EQ like a frown curve. They also did the cocked wah thing. Also a big part of Denner's sound was the Boss SP-1 Spectrum. The amps were modded with master vol knobs on the back of the amps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members codecontra Posted September 1, 2012 Members Share Posted September 1, 2012 cool {censored}. thanks. plus he was using single coils?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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